The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1887-12-15
Reoord Of oaouaitIoo.

RECORD Of Casualties.
At Philadslphia, William @. Penny.
packers extensive barrel factory was to-
tally destroyed By firs. Loss 500. 900. .
News Was received at Huron, OAK. that
tho house Of Michael Harris, who lives on
farm about fourtesn miles from Wesstna.
ton, In the western part Of this county,
Was entirely destroyed by 6fo recently.
Tho family composed Of nine persons, were
asleep whom the fire occurred. Only Mr..
Harris and one girl escaped. Mrs. Harris
and tho other ok children were burned to
death.
General News Notes.
The second indemnity withdrawal win
probably be decided in favor Of the North
ern Pacific road.
The creditors Of Rood & Maxwell agree
to accept IS cents on the dollar in settle
ment Of all claims.
Sc. Paul building statistics for the past
year show an expenditure Of eleven and .
half million dollars in that direction.
When Mr.. Carlisle completes his present
term 40 speaker, Kentucky will have had
the speakership for twenty-three years.
Col. Plummer Of Dakota says he thinks
the next territorial legislature will pass q
law enforcing prohibition in the territory.
At Minot. OAK, the grocery firm OF Wet.
tenhalt& Wilder was closed under attach.
ments. Tho first was levied BY the Bank
Of Minot for 1000.
kilograms from Denver announce Judge
Brewers decision Of the famous case Of T.
c. Henry, formerly known az tho Kansas
wheat king, against the Traveller Insur.
ance company, involving nearly million
dollars.
The Northern Pacific and Manitoba
have. by agreement. given notice that on
and after Dec. 10. the date when the new
Western classification goes into effect, the
minimum freight charge will be 25 cents
instead OF SO cents, 40 heretofore.
At Janesville, Wis, Mrs. E. A. Rich,
who was divorced from her husband, q
prominent railroad man, on the ground of
adultery, has created q sensation by be-
ginning suit to have the divorce set aside
on the ground Of false appreciation.
The reduction in freight rates between
Chicago and Omaha, Kansas City and
Missouri river points ordered by the gener-
OIL managers at a meeting in Chicago recent
~ will cause q big falling off in earnings.
but was forced upon the road by the Wa
bash.
The recent decision Of the United States
supreme court in the Kansas prohibitory
case has created considerable excitement
and great uneasiness among the brewers oi
Dubuque. Dubuque has four large brewer
les, one OF the largest ale breweries in the
West, and q malt factory.
There is said to be big Lawsuit threat.
ened between DR.. Bell and Thomas A. Ed
ison over the monograph, alias the graph.
ophone. Mr.. Edison made the photograph
talk back" several years ago, but never
nod fS,oS I'M,
hibit it as toy. DR.. Bell has put it to
practical use, and called it the graphic.
phone.
The secretary OF state of Iowa has just
compiled the personal statistics concern
ing the assembly. In the house. half of the
hundred members are from the farm. In
the senate. out OF fifty members there will
be but ten farmers, the lawyers leading
with twenty, while in the house the legal
profession has but fifteen representatives
out OF q hundred.
Sioux City dispatch: The verdict in the
Arensdorf case 10 accepted by the people
OF this place as generally satisfactory. The
action Of the jury in acquitting the accused
on Leavitt. 1t is the opinion of promi-
Dent attorneys that under the instructions
given by the court Arensdorf cannot be
tried Tor conspiracy, as the judges charge
covered both crimes.
At Cedar Rapids Iowa. the breweries oil
George Williams and G. Magnus were
closed on q search warrant at the instance
OF Malcolm Smith. a prohibitionist. The
breweries are worth $500, 600. have capac.
ity OF IS, 600 barrels per year and employ
100. The brewers wished to close out
their business on reasonable time rather
than have any legal contest. About $780,
600 worth OF produce is on hand.
The muddle over the Carney McAuliffe
prize fight is at an end. Stakeholder Or
mOnd settled all discussion of the posi-
bility of the battle being fought over by
paying back the stakes to the representa-
tives OF the two pugilists. The Carney
side gets $4,000, but tho McAuliffe party
only So, 900 owing to $500 having been
Paid to Carney by McAuliffe for q post
ponement in September.
The Republican national committee has
appointed its executive committee and its
subcommittee to take charge OF all the de.
tails OF the management of the Chicago
convention. The executive committee is
a. follows: j. 8. Carkson, Iowa, chair.
Conger. Ohio; Howe. Nebraska; Hobart,
New Jersey; Quincy, Texas; Fessenden,
Connecticut; Jones, Pennsylvania. The
executive subcommittee, which will have
charge of all details connected with the
convention. ia Garrison. Conger and Clay
ton.
Miss E. NJ. Voth, a former resident OF
Aberdeen, Dak.. who is now holding down
acclaim amid the billiards of Mcpherson
county. rescued q young man who was
caught in the recent storm and who, after
q night wandering, had taken refuge in a
deserted claim shanty near her land. When
10 mn rnh -
Tainigen, was very near death from cold
and exaustion. The plucky little woman,
who had followed his circuitous tracks to
the shanty, took him to her house, re-.
stored him and then drove with him to
Aberdeen.
A sensation has been caused in Dane
county, Wis.,. by the romantic marriage of
Miss Kittie Kanouse, daughter OF Ira Ka-
mouse, farmer OF the town OF Dunn, and
granddaughter OF ex.Gov. William r. Tay-
Tor OF Wisconsin. Kittie eloped with 6.
Shelter, q young farmer: Mr.. Kanouse
who was strongly opposed to young Shet-
ters attention to his daughter, teleeraphed
to the sheriff to capture the young people,
and made other frantic endeavors to
find them, but all to no avail. They have
since been forgiven however, and all il sc.
rene in the Kanouse household.
In making out the call Tor tho national
Republican convention. Secretary Fessen.
den made the mistake OF copying portion
OF it after the old call. In doing this he
failed to apportion Dakota, as was agreed
upon at the committee meeting. Mr.. Ben
nett of Dakota secured six delegates in the
convention for Dakota, and this should
have been so stated in the call. Mr.. Ben.
nett desires to have this corrected, as I'M
der the old rule Dakota would have but
two delegates. She will get six, of which
four will come from the State of South
Dakota and two from the Territory oil
North Dakota.
The sudden appearance OF water in
many wells in Southern Wisconsin that
have been perfectly dry since the drouth OF
last summer has caused no little wonder
among the people. Wells are filled al
most to the top; streams run in abund-
ance from side hills and from spings that
have long been dry. and the creeks and
small rivers. whose beds have been dry for
months. are gradually rising, and bid fair
to Become formidable streams. Tho
phenomenon occurred during q night, and